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It's the bacon sensation that's sweeping the nation, and now one of the innovators of the Bacon Explosion tells Slashfood just what you'll need to perfect this smoked wonder for your celebration.

Ever since Jason Day and his barbecue buddy Aaron Chronister first blogged about the Bacon Explosion on Dec. 23, 2008, bacon fans have been drooling over the four-pound pork-roll concoction, a smoked bacon-and-pork meat treat that's found fans from Facebook to the New York Times.

"We compete as Burnt Finger BBQ, and it was just to generate some funds to help us support our hobby," said Day, a 27-year-old Kansas City Barbecue Society competitor from Roeland Park, Kan. "I guess we just struck a chord with America and the world."

Earlier this week, The Kitchn delighted us by calling Slashfood "the center of all things bacon." In an effort to live up to this title, we bring you The Bacon Explosion (it works best if you imagine a wrestling announcer saying those words in a booming, echo-y fashion).

What is The Bacon Explosion, you ask? It is a creation of Jason at BBQ Addicts and it is a roll of barbecue flavored pork sausage, filled with crispy bacon bits and surrounded by a tightly woven bacon mat. This roll of porky goodness is then smoked and glazed with a sweet sauce. To serve, it gets sliced in rounds and presented (ideally) between two halves of a flaky biscuit.

To see the step-by-step process of how to make your own Bacon Explosion, click here.

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